becoming

Definition

  • adjective: causing someone to look attractive
  • adjective: attractively suitable
  • synonyms: decent, decorous, seemly

Examples

  • Though poor, he carried himself with a dignity 'becoming' [='befitting'] a king.

  • She won the election, 'becoming' the first woman to be President of the nation.

  • It's 'becoming' [='getting'] quite cold in the evenings.

Movie quotes

  • (..) You had on your SATs, kid. You're an astronaut, not a statie. You don't have much family. I don't have any family. What's this I hear from Stephanie about you becoming a policeman? Stephanie, who was the only one who came to my father's funeral? - That Stephanie? - Yeah, that Stephanie. (..)
    2006 The Departed